Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

Alice immediately explained the reason from the side.

After hearing the reason, Reimu's eyes darted around, and she patted Chu Bai on the shoulder: "So, you're just short of a teammate."

"Don't panic, Xiao Bai, this is just the preliminary round. Even if you're missing a teammate, you 'can still participate'."

"Eh?" Chu Bai's eyes lit up.

But before he could respond, Reimu continued, "But it will be very difficult to compete alone, and it's basically impossible to win."

"Sigh..." Chu Bai's eyes darkened.

Reimu continued, "But the preliminary round uses an elimination system, as long as you're not in the last few places, you can advance."

"Eh?" Chu Bai's eyes lit up.

Reimu said in a serious voice, "But even so, it will still be very difficult to advance successfully."

"Sigh..." Chu Bai's eyes darkened.

Reimu: "But with your ability, it should still be fine."

"Eh?" Chu Bai's eyes lit up.

Reimu: "But anything is possible, and besides, you're missing a teammate, so the disadvantage is still great."

"Sigh..." Chu Bai's eyes darkened.

Marisa, who was next to him, finally couldn't hold back: "Good heavens, are you two playing face-changing here? Xiao Bai's eyes are flickering, they're almost turning into light bulbs!"

"Hehe, I just felt bored and was teasing him a little."

Reimu chuckled a few times, and her somewhat regretful state of mind finally recovered: "In short, there's definitely no problem with going on stage. If you're missing a teammate, then just put in double the effort."

"And I also want to give you a hint—'Anything that the rules don't mention, you can feel free to do.'"

The corners of her mouth slightly raised:

"This is what the organizers explained during our judges' meeting."

"Violating the rules will be judged as cheating, but as long as the rules don't mention it, no matter what you do, it doesn't count as a foul."

"I'll give you this hint. With your cunning and strength, you should be able to get through this, right?"

"Ah, don't worry."

Chu Bai also came back to his senses, and his whole person became radiant: "As long as I don't stop, the road will continue to extend. I won't give up here."

"Thank you so much this time, Reimu. When I earn the prize money, I'll directly give you ten yen as thanks!"

"Wow, you're actually so generous?"

Reimu's eyes also became sparkly: "Then I won't stand on ceremony. Let me think about how to use this ten yen... Wait, ten yen? Ten dollars??"

"Hey! Are you only giving me so little? That's too stingy!"

Unfortunately, Chu Bai couldn't hear Reimu's complaints anymore.

Because at this time, the preliminary round had officially begun.

As the first contestant to participate, Chu Bai had already walked slowly onto the competition venue of the House Squabble Competition under the guidance of the road signs.

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……

Due to the large number of people, the organizers of the House Squabble Competition, Hieda no Akyuu, arranged for a total of four venues to compete simultaneously in order to determine the rankings as soon as possible.

And Chu Bai is currently in the first match of Venue A.

There are a total of fifteen groups of contestants participating in the entire venue. Except for Chu Bai, each group has two people.

In the center of the venue, there are thirty sets of tables and chairs neatly arranged, exactly one set corresponding to each person.

"Contestants, please take your seats."

The person in charge of hosting this match is not Reimu, but another bald referee whose name is unknown.

The bald referee's eyes were serious, and his voice was as loud as a bell:

"This round examines the accumulation of basic knowledge of the contestants. The competition format is a questionnaire."

"Please contestants sit down in teams and answer on your respective papers."

"During the answering process, you must not make loud noises, you must not harm or plot against other contestants, you must not leave the examination room without authorization, and you must not conduct any form of external assistance or cheating."

"The answering time is limited to 2 hours, the full score is 100 points, and the group average score must reach 60 points to pass."

"If one person in the group passes and one person is eliminated, then both people will be eliminated!"

After the rules were read.

Chu Bai's face suddenly changed slightly.

Because he immediately extracted the key information.

"The selection method for the preliminary round is a questionnaire, like a student exam."

"The full score on the paper is 100 points, but the group average score must reach 60 points to advance."

"That is to say, even if I score 100 points, my teammate is absent, so it is naturally counted as 0 points."

"Calculated in this way, the average score of our group is at most 50 points?"

Chu Bai looked around, but still did not find any trace of the Lunar Princess.

It seems that he really can only participate in the competition alone.

"In any case, let's take a look at the difficulty of the paper first. If it really doesn't work, I'll do two papers by myself..."

As a result, this idea was cut off by Chu Bai himself as soon as it came up.

Because the paper actually had more than twenty pages in total, and the number of questions on each page was terrifying, with dense text filling the paper to the brim.

What's even more terrifying is that the multiple-choice questions only occupy a small part. All the remaining questions are fill-in-the-blank questions that require actual writing!

Just after glancing at it a few times, Chu Bai felt a burst of dizziness. Not to mention doing two copies, he might not even be able to finish his own copy!

As for the other contestants, their faces were also very ugly.

Low voices of discussion and desperate wails immediately came over.

However, they quickly discovered Chu Bai, who was alone, and they all gloated.

At least they had a full number of people and still had a chance to pass. But Chu Bai was alone, and there was no way he could finish answering two people's questions.

"Damn it, is there no chance to turn things around?"

Chu Bai was unwilling in his heart, and quickly thought about how to reverse the situation.

However, when he glanced at Reimu, who was lazing around off the field, he suddenly recalled what the other party had said.

"Anything that the rules don't mention, you can feel free to do."

"Huh?"

Chu Bai carefully recalled the rules, and suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind.

The rules seemed to only say that contestants should answer questions, not cheat, and not harm other contestants...

But did it not specify the specific "answering method"?

In other words, no matter what method is used, as long as the answer is written on the paper, it doesn't count as a violation, right?

Thinking like this, the corners of Chu Bai's mouth slightly raised, and a wonderful idea emerged in his mind.

Chapter 33 At this time, Kaguya is still on the way

Summoning magic.

This is a technique that summons extra-dimensional creatures by consuming magic power or a medium.

As a genius mage, Chu Bai had already completely mastered it a long time ago.

And the rules on site did not prohibit the use of summoning magic.

"In other words, I can summon a creature and let it fill out the Lunar Princess's paper."

"Because in the definition of magic, summoned creatures belong to 'the caster's possessions', just like my pen and paper, and do not have independent human rights."

"So it answering the questions is also equivalent to me answering the questions, and does not violate the rule prohibiting external assistance."

The more Chu Bai thought about it, the more reliable he felt.

Anyway, there is no other way besides this, so might as well try it.

As for the specific summoning object, he also had a plan.

Recalling a certain magic formula in his mind, Chu Bai quietly raised his finger and silently chanted in his heart.

"Blood Curse—'Blood Puppet'."

Magic power circulated, and circuits condensed.

This is one of the forbidden spells learned from the Black Sect. It does not require cumbersome preparation to activate, nor does it consume a lot of magic power, and the specific type of blood puppet can be customized, which is really convenient.

But the price of not consuming magic power is that it requires consuming a certain amount of blood, and it must be blood with magic flowing through it.

So thinking of this, Chu Bai did not hesitate, and directly took out a large machete and slashed at his own carotid artery.

Puchi!

Blood vessels ruptured, blood splattered!

In the stunned gazes of the other contestants, a large amount of blood spurted out, rustling to the ground.

"What the heck?"

The other contestants were stunned, and some even almost cursed.

As for the audience outside the venue, they were even more dumbfounded, and stared at Chu Bai with wide eyes.

"No, buddy?"

"Is the question that difficult that it forced someone to cut their wrists?"

"Brother, calm down! The game can be restarted, but life only comes once!"

"Isn't this supposed to be a House Squabble Competition? How did it become a Blood Squabble Competition!"

Even the bald referee was taken aback and hurriedly cast an inquiring look at Chu Bai.

But Chu Bai just smiled confidently, shook his head, and indicated that it was okay.

Then he activated his magic power again, and the blood-stained floor visibly began to change.

The bloodstains on the ground seemed to be pulled by something, and quickly surged towards Chu Bai's side, and finally condensed into a blood-red skinned blood corpse with rolling white eyes and a gaping blood basin mouth.

"Ehhh..."

"Blood corpse, shut up."

Chu Bai scolded in a low voice and cast the spell again:

"Spirit Curse—'Mirror Synchronization'.

Suddenly, his consciousness split into two, and a part of it slowly floated out and merged into the blood corpse next to him.

The blood corpse's body trembled slightly, and then it no longer rolled its eyes, but showed a wise gaze.

This is a profound technique that can project one's own consciousness into unconscious species, but due to ethical issues, it is also listed as one of the forbidden spells by the outside world.